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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
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Subject: Re: "Busy" pointer
Keywords: Busy pointer, new function suggestion
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.235837.16962@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 91 23:58:37 GMT
References: <1991Jun26.030833.9974@crash.cts.com> <22702@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991Jun27.164849.3171@ifi.unizh.ch>
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In article <1991Jun27.164849.3171@ifi.unizh.ch> matija@amiga.ifi.unizh.ch (Matija Milostnik) writes:
>In article <22702@cbmvax.commodore.com> peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) writes:
>>In article <1991Jun26.030833.9974@crash.cts.com> bruceg@crash.cts.com (Bruce Geerdes) writes:
>>>What's the easiest way to get the "busy" pointer to come up?  The RKM's 
>[..]
>>
>>The ROM busy pointer is in Workbench, the application.  There is no
>>system-integrated way to bring up the same pointer from ROM.  For now,
>>it's best just to clone the pointer imagery.
>
>This is my suggestion 
>Add in intuition two new functions. 
>- SetBusyPointer(Window,Mask)
>  Mask would be a mask of desired IDCMP mesagges the user want to hear.
>  Intuition would AND the incoming messagaes with Mask and if the result
>  is NOT zero forword it to the window, else it would ReplyMsg.
>- ClearBusyPointer(Window) 
>  Bussinse as usual.

 Add one more suggestion to that.

  BlankSystemPointer(TRUE|FALSE)
  Turn the system pointer off. Why have this function? Because
  stuff like OFF_SPRITE will break in the future when the pointer
  isn't a sprite (DIG graphics). Also, OFF_SPRITE turns off all sprites, not
  just the pointer. 

>>Peter Cherna, Operating Systems Development Group, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
>
>Bye
> Matija
>
>
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